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2009-01-05 Africa Horn
French warship captures 19 Somali pirates
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Posted by Fred 2009-01-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top
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#1 Somalia has functioning "authorities"? Who knew.
Posted by gorb 2009-01-05 00:49||   2009-01-05 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 and have been handed over to Somali authorities, the statement said.

Released on their own recognizance no doubt. Cases pending....yawn.
Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-05 07:33||   2009-01-05 07:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Likely the "Somali authorities" are Puntland or maybe Somaliland, both of which have functioning governments but which are regarded as part of Somalia, which has no functioning government. This has something to do with the UN's international point system, the price of prime vetch, and the phase of the moon. Don't ask me.
Posted by Fred 2009-01-05 07:50||   2009-01-05 07:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Wait, there's more!

Residents: UN Georgia resident fishing license, Trout license, and WMA license. Senior (65+) Lifetime and Honorary License holders do not need a WMA license. Nonresidents: Nonresident Georgia fishing license, nonresident trout license, and nonresident WMA license. Florida residents more than 65 years of age must possess nonresident trout and WMA licenses.

• Size limits: 22 inches for brown and rainbow trout and 18 inches for brook trout. It is a violation to possess a trout smaller than these limits while fishing on Waters creek.

• Possession limits:
• One (1) trout may be possessed daily
• No person may take more than three (3) trout per season.
Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-05 07:56||   2009-01-05 07:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Why don't the French take these guys home and teach them how to torch cars. That'll rehabilitate 'em.
Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-01-05 08:50||   2009-01-05 08:50|| Front Page Top

#6 This is the French navy, which hasn't been acting like your grandaddy's French navy. Perhaps they'd entertain the suggestion to put the pirates into the torchy cars?
Posted by Fred 2009-01-05 09:31||   2009-01-05 09:31|| Front Page Top

#7 So, when is the UN going to official reclassify Somalia like the IAU reclassified Pluto? It's all a matter of bureaucracy and paper shuffling, which is why they exist to begin with.
Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-05 11:27||   2009-01-05 11:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Why don't the French take these guys home and teach them how to torch cars. That'll rehabilitate 'em.

EU regs require them to accept the Greek rioters and the illegals from southern Italy first.
Posted by lotp 2009-01-05 12:05||   2009-01-05 12:05|| Front Page Top

#9 The real shame is that the French didn't take them in tow on a long rope (no boat, life vest, or swim fins) dropped over the stern. A few hundred miles through the Gulf of Aden would attract every shark in the ocean. No recidivism.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2009-01-05 13:46|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2009-01-05 13:46|| Front Page Top

#10 "Not like your Grandaddy's French Navy" > Ahhhh, finally proof positive that Dubya has been hell on the Brits + Euros - first the RISE OF EURABIA/BRITANISTAN, now the Brits can't even make fun of the Frenchies anymore!

D *** NG IT, LIFE IN THE FUTURE OWG-NWO EUROZONE IS NOT WORTH LIVING WIDOUT THE "I'M TOO PRETTY FOR WAR, WORK, OR PRISON" FRENCH SURRENDERING FIRST - WTFH IS A'GOIN ON IN THIS MAN'S EUROPE!?
Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-01-05 18:42||   2009-01-05 18:42|| Front Page Top

#11 The good news for SARKEY's POST-COLD WAR/9-11 GRANDE NAVALE is that His Navy is NOT GERMANY's "TOO SOFT AND TOO LIBERAL" NAVY [alleged], as below:

* AFRICAN CRISIS > THE USELESS AND SOFT GERMAN NAVY AND THE SOMALI PIRATES [Der Kriegsmarine captured a bunch of Somali bad boyz only to have BERLIN = PM MERKEL order them to be RELEASED].
Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-01-05 19:40||   2009-01-05 19:40|| Front Page Top

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